debt
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The debt crisis coincides with the rise of easy access to credit from digital wallets such as Mercado Pago, the digital payment arm of e-commerce giant Mercado Libre.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Don’t miss: ‘Her bank accounts were stripped bare by Medicaid’: My late friend had $20,000 in credit-card debt.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
During the second quarter alone, BP cut various financial liabilities, which include debt, hybrid debt, leases and settlement payments for the Deepwater Horizon disaster, by a whopping $7 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
When federal deficits swell, governments tends to issue debt to fund the spending.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
White found it hard to believe that this debt was real.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
And that’s money the billionaire can apply to pay down the debts of two troubled Delaware life insurers he owns that are under federal scrutiny.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Between 2004 and 2012, about 40% of borrowers’ charged-off debts were still being reported one year later.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Probate typically has a minimum amount of time before closing, so creditors have an opportunity to come forward and file claims for outstanding debts before the assets can be distributed to heirs.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
A former RAF medic can pay off his mortgage and clear his debts after winning £300,000 in a competition he entered for £4.28.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
My debts and rent were paid and my papers in my hieb-pocket; shirtless I left the island in the Markets, and went with Yegey back among the houses of the powerful.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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